The Brassbounder, by David W. Bone 31497 [Subtitle: A Tale of the Sea] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/3/1/4/9/31497 ] [Files: 31497.txt; 31497-8.txt; 31497-h.htm] Thanks to Al Haines FYI - story of a (fictional?) voyage in a sailing ship from England to San Francisco, and back, in the latter 1800's, as told by an officer apprentice, who were known as "brassbounders". Regards, Al